From the Pork Barrel: Recuse or Refuse?

* Will Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself on health care reform since his wife drew a $150,000 salary from an anti-health care reform group? (Spoiler Alert: No.)

* Turns out that Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black's upcoming co-written book on U.S. politics is not the least plausible book likely to find an audience.

* Mitt Romney: Brevity is the soul of weird semi-coherent rationalizations.

* Sarah Palin doesn't "owe anything to the mainstream media," Sarah Palin tells number one cable news station, for which she is a contributor, during televised interview on national bus tour.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Birthers, Books, Clarence Thomas, Fox, Health Care, Jerome Corsi, Judiciary, Meghan McCain, Michael Ian Black, Mitt Romney, Pork Barrel, Sarah Palin, Supreme Court, Virginia Lamp Thomas